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how to measure heat

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Heat is a form of energy and no energy can be directly measured, energy is measured by the changes it brings about in matter. Measurement of heat is done in calories. One calorie is the amount of energy required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius. To measure heat, you can divide the change in temperature of a sample of water by the mass of the water.


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